repression

repression
noun
1 using force to control people
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme, harsh, massive, severe
▪ bloody, brutal, ruthless, violent
▪ political, religious, social
▪

her attempts to combat censorship and political repression

▪

the religious repression during his rule

▪ government, military, police, state
VERB + REPRESSION
▪ suffer, suffer from
▪

The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup.

▪ subject sb/sth to
▪

Reports claimed that civilians were being subjected to ruthless repression.

▪ escape, flee
▪

Streams of migrants are fleeing war, repression and poverty.

PREPOSITION
▪ repression against
▪

repression against ethnic minorities

▪ repression by
▪

repression by the state

PHRASES
▪ a target for repression, a target of repression
2 controlling strong emotions/desires
ADJECTIVE
▪ emotional, sexual

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • RÉPRESSION — Durkheim évoque l’hypothèse où serait réalisée la transparence sociale intégrale, une société monacale par exemple. Il se demande à quel principe un tel groupement pourrait devoir sa cohésion et son maintien. Il n’hésite guère: une société ne… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Repression — Répression Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Repression — may refer to:* Memory inhibition, a critical component of an effective memory system * Political repression, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons * Psychological repression, the psychological act of… …   Wikipedia

  • Repression — (lat.: re „zurück“, „wieder“; primere „drängen“, „drücken“) ist ein Synonym für Unterdrückung, Hemmung, Zurückdrängung. Je nach Kontext kann auch gemeint sein: die südamerikanischen Militärdiktaturen in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren (span. La… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Repression — Re*pres sion (r? pr?sh ?n), n. [Cf. F. r[ e]pression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. [1913 Webster] 2. That which represses; check; restraint. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repression — repression. См. репрессия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Repression — (lat.), Zurückdrängung, Hemmung, Unterdrückung; Bestrafung begangener im Gegensatz zur Verhütung (Prävention) zu begehender Verbrechen. Repressivsystem (Gegensatz zur Präventivzensur), s. Presse, S. 285 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Repression — Repressiōn (lat.), Unterdrückung, Hemmung; repressīv, hemmend, hindernd: Repressīvmaßregeln, von der Regierung zur Abwehr staatsgefährlicher Bestrebungen oder sonstiger Übelstände erlassene Maßregeln …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • repression — index censorship, coercion, constraint (restriction), control (restriction), deterrence, deterrent …   Law dictionary

  • repression — (n.) late 14c., noun of action from REPRESS (Cf. repress) (v.). Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957 …   Etymology dictionary

  • repression — [ri presh′ən] n. [ME repressioun < ML repressio] 1. a repressing or being repressed 2. Psychiatry a) the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed b) something repressed in this way …   English World dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”